> There is a belief that any group, race, subset of people should have the same outcomes everywhere. Of course we need to be more specific than just "percent o

> There is a belief that any group, race, subset of people should have the same outcomes everywhere. Of course we need to be more specific than just "percent of population". For example, the average age of whites is older than for minorities. So we shouldn't expect the total population percentage for whites college students to line up with their percent enrollment in college, not in the total adult population. But considering age is just one factor. Of course we need to consider others in order to be equitable. If Harvard admits students with 1500+ SATs, then shouldn't we be looking at that population? It turns out that population is 43% Asian and 45% white. [1] Interestingly this lines up with Caltech's percentages almost exactly. UC Berkeley, where affirmative action is banned, has roughly the same percentage of Asian students, but many fewer white students. 1: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/sat-math-scores-mirror-and-maintain-racial-inequity/ https://www.brookings.edu/articles/sat-math-scores-mirror-an...